יִ֝תֵּ֗ן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יִ֝תֵּ֗ן

   yi-TEN

   gives
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְצַדִּ֥יק יִ֝תֵּ֗ן

   ve-tsa-DIK yi-TEN

   but a righteous one gives
3. clause🔊 וְצַדִּ֥יק יִ֝תֵּ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃

   ve-tsa-DIK yi-TEN ve-LO ya-khe-SO-khe

   but a righteous one gives and not holds back
4. sentence🔊 כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם הִתְאַוָּ֣ה תַאֲוָ֑ה וְצַדִּ֥יק יִ֝תֵּ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃

   kol-ha-YOM hi-te-a-VA ta-a-VA ve-tsa-DIK yi-TEN ve-LO ya-khe-SO-khe

   all the day craves a craving but a righteous one gives and not holds back

Exegesis

The imperfect yitten {יִתֵּן | yittên} “he gives” denotes habitual giving, while ve-lo yachsoch {וְלֹא יַחְשֹׂךְ | wə-lōʾ yaḥ-sôḵ} “and does not withhold” completes the chiastic parallelism and preserves the adversative contrast in English through a but-clause.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־ת־ןn-t-n

“to give”